1. Importance of school health education

2. What is school health education?
The term school health education refers to the learning experiences in health which take place in school.
It brings the child gradually to realize the importance of health and to act intelligently in conformity with this awareness.

3. Why should care about health education?
Skills, knowledge and positive attitudes
Emotional health
Social health
Physical health
Mental health

4. AIM & OBJECTIVES
Comprehensive Care’ for the Health & Well being of all children.
Promotion of Positive Health
Prevention of Diseases
Early Diagnosis, Treatment & Follow up of defects.
Awakening Health consciousness in children.
Provision of Healthful environment.

5. WHO
An effective school health programmes can be one of the most cost effective investments a nation can make to simultaneously improve education and health
WHO promotes school health programmes as a strategic means to prevent important health risks among youth and to engage the education sector in efforts to change the educational, social, economic and political conditions that affect risk.

6. WHO global school health initiative strategies
WHO's Global School Health Initiative seeks to mobilize and strengthen health promotion and education activities at the local, national, regional and global levels.
WHO's Global School Health Initiative, launched in 1995.
What is a health promoting school?
A health promoting school is one that constantly strengthens its capacity as a healthy setting for living, learning and working.

7. A health promoting school
Fosters health and learning with all the measures at its disposal.
Engages health and education officials, teachers, teachers' unions, students, parents, health providers and community leaders in efforts to make the school a healthy place.
Strives to provide a healthy environment, school health education, and school health services.
Implements policies and practices
Strives to improve the health of school personnel, families and community members as well as pupils

8. School health and youth health promotion: facts
Worldwide, 5% of all deaths of young people between the ages of 15 and 29 are attributable to alcohol use. In some countries, up to 60% of all new HIV infections occur among year olds.
Worm infections are the greatest cause of disease among 5-14 year old children.
Vitamin A deficiency is the single greatest cause of preventable childhood blindness.
Iodine deficiency is the single most common preventable cause of mental retardation and brain damage in children.

9. Injury is the leading cause of death and disability among school-age youth.
One out of two young people who start and continue to smoke will be killed by tobacco-related illness.
Worldwide, 5% of all deaths of young people between the ages of 15 and 29 are attributable to alcohol use.
In some countries, up to 60% of all new HIV infections occur among year olds.

10. Health promoting schools focus on:
Caring for oneself and others
Making healthy decisions and taking control over life's circumstances
Creating conditions that are conducive to health
Building capacities for peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, equity, social justice, sustainable development.
Preventing leading causes of death, disease and disability: helminthes, tobacco use, HIV/AIDS/STDs, sedentary lifestyle, drugs and alcohol, violence and injuries, unhealthy nutrition.
Influencing health-related behaviors

11. Preventing leading causes of premature death, disease and disability
Many of today's and tomorrow's leading causes of death, disease and disability can be significantly reduced by preventing six interrelated categories of behaviour, that are initiated during youth and fostered by social and political policies and conditions:
tobacco use
behaviour that results in injury and violence
alcohol and substance use
dietary and hygienic practices that cause disease
sedentary lifestyle

12. Goals for school health education
1. To make pupils aware of their health problems and needs. 2. To promote pupils' lifestyle through the inculcation of correct health concepts and behavioural patterns, with the ultimate objective of enabling the pupil to make the best possible choice for his or her optimum health and total well-being. 3. To improve the school and family environment. 4. To enhance the role of pupils in conveying health messages to the co mmunity, and in giving active support to such national health programmes as their country may be launching at the time. Less developed countries may have different priorities than those in more developed countries.

13. LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES PRIORITIES
- Malnutrition  - Worm infections - Hearing and sight impairments - Timing births and safe motherhood - Breast feeding and child growth - Diarrhoea - Coughs and colds - Home and personal hygiene (include dental) - Malaria - AIDS - Immunisation - Regular and safe water supply

14. DEVELOPED COUNTRIES PRIORITIES
Personal health care (including personal hygiene and dental care) - Mental and emotional health (including personal and human relationships) - Sex education - Family life education - Nutrition education - Use and abuse of addictive substances (legal and illegal) - Physical activity - The environment - Safety education and accident prevention (including First Aid) - Consumer education

15. Components of School Health Program:
• Screening, health care and referral:
Screening of general health, assessment of Anaemia/Nutritional status, visual acuity, hearing problems, dental check up, common
skin conditions, heart defects, physical disabilities, learning disorders, behavior problems.
Basic medicine kit to be provided to take care of common ailments prevalent among young school going children.
Referral Cards for priority services at District / Sub-District hospitals.

16. • Immunization:
o As per national schedule
o Fixed day activity
o Coupled with education about the issue
• Micronutrient (Vitamin A & Iron Folic Acid) management:
o Weekly supervised distribution of Iron-Folate tablets coupled with education about the issue
o Vitamin-A as per national schedule.

17. De-worming
o As per national guidelines
o Biannually supervised schedule
o Prior IEC with intimation to families to bring siblings to school on the fixed day
o Siblings of students also to be covered
• Health Promoting Schools
o Counseling services, Promotion of mental well-being.
o Regular practice of Yoga, Physical education, health education

18. Aim
Helping the nation build a bright and healthy generation, equipping them to make healthy choices and for planning to maintain a healthy population in the future.

19. conclusion
Health education is a significant addition to the curricula of schools because health is a source of major concern.
The existence of health problems can disrupt the opportunities for learning in the sense that it can disrupt classroom attendance and overall state of mind.
Increasing awareness among the student body can reduce the risk of educational disruptions.
The development of attitudes at a young age can increase the probability that behaviors will be altered and a more balanced lifestyle is developed.

20. REFERENCES  
TURNER C., PLANNING FOR HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS